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Originally posted by nodisharmony
In my opinion, it doesn't bother me too much at all. My spelling is pretty okay on the whole, probably because I was always good at spelling, even at school. I remember when I came top of the class in a spelling competition once and I was about 13 years old at the time. I also used to collect dictionaries too and played Scrabble a lot.

My grammar is pretty much all over the place. I tend to rush things when I am posting and if I had more time, I would write it all out and then check through it more and if anything looked odd, I would ammend it. But generally, it is rush, rush, rush, which I think a lot of us may do at times.

That would be “amend”.

Regarding "punctuation", once again, I can make a real effort and punctuate amazingly, but I am very, very lazy and couldn't care less, so rush, rush, rush and get the post written out and if something is punctuated wrongly, then so be it. But I do fall foul to bad punctuation all the time.

You never struck me as the type to “rush” your posts.

Then, we come to how I perceive other people who spell badly or use bad grammar or punctuate badly, well I don't care one bit.

Some people are Dyslexic and I hate it when people make fun of people who have Dyslexia. I know four people that have this problem and I allow for it and others should to.

When people wish to pick holes in literacy, then let them pick holes and criticise.

So you are saying that you think basic literacy skills are unimportant then? And, that people who have good literacy skills should just accept that some others don’t bother to take the time to learn?

There is a big difference between someone who is dyslexic, and someone who just doesn’t bother to take the time to learn how to read and write properly. Unfortunately there are more of the latter than the former.

I would rather read an interesting and informing post on here which may have spelling mistakes, poor grammar, punctuation problems, but be a great post. Rather than a pointless, uninteresting or whatever post, which is perfectly worded and spelt and punctuated in every way.

I don’t think the post quality of this site has anything to do with this thread. This thread was to discuss the decline in basic literacy skills today.

It shouldn't be an issue really.

So, you don’t think that literacy is important? I disagree. I think being able to read and write properly is the most important skill any of us can have.

Some people can have good literacy skills and some don't, but to complain about it and pick holes and perhaps upset that poster, well that's not on...

Who’s picking holes?

If someone wants to attack me on my literacy, I will just agree and say, "Yes I know, but I don't care!!" But other's can get offended.

Nobody is attacking you. Play the victim much?

That is one of the reasons why you should leave them alone.

Leave them alone? As opposed to helping them to learn something which could help them in the future?

Also, picking on young people and critisicing their literacy skills is nothing less than offending..

So young people should be treated differently according to you? In my opinion everyone should be treated equally. If a person is young, old, male, female, black, white, there should still not be any special treatment given.

And, for your information, it’s “criticising” not “critisicing”.